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“Prisoners with phones don’t need to worry about hiding their chargers now.”

The SPS delivered the £50 vape kits to prisons as part of a trial last month, which cost the taxpayer about £200,000. They will ban smoking in jails next month. The devices will be sold in prison shops at half price from next month and go up to full price from April.

Tory justice spokesman Liam Kerr said: “It’s a concern that prisoners could be using the chargers for phones they shouldn’t have.”

The SPS said: “If we detect anyone using vapourisers inappropriately, they will face consequences.”